Crypto lost this round to old-school assets.
By Maxime Laurent · 2025-12-22 10:59
Crypto lost this round to old-school assets.
Gold shines, stocks grind up, and crypto bleeds — 2025 has been humbling for digital assets.
This year hurts a bit, not gonna lie. I’m looking at the sea, the light is perfect, but the portfolio? Pas ouf 😅
While crypto Twitter keeps arguing narratives, traditional assets quietly destroyed us.
Let’s look at the scoreboard, cold and honest:
🥈 Silver: +130%
🥇 Gold: +65%
🔧 Copper: +35%
📈 Nasdaq: +20%
📊 S&P 500: +16%
🏭 Russell 2000: +13%
And now… crypto:
🟠 $BTC: -6%
🔵 $ETH: -12%
🌪 Altcoins: -42%
Yeah. That’s not even a debate.
This is one of those years where being “early” doesn’t pay — being boring does. Hard assets, commodities, equities… they did their job. Crypto? It chopped, leaked, and punished impatience.
But here’s the thing most people miss:
Crypto doesn’t outperform every year. It compresses, it frustrates, it makes you question your sanity… then it explodes when nobody wants it anymore.
Right now feels like late-cycle pain mixed with narrative exhaustion. The kind of moment where tourists leave and builders stay. I’ve seen this movie before — more than once.
So yeah, this year belongs to gold bugs and stock enjoyers. Respect.
But I’m not selling my long-term conviction for a shiny metal rally.
Markets rotate. Stories change. Cycles don’t.
Stay calm, stay solvent 🌊
#Crypto #Bitcoin #Ethereum #Altcoins #Markets #Gold #Investing #CryptoFriture
Gold shines, stocks grind up, and crypto bleeds — 2025 has been humbling for digital assets.
This year hurts a bit, not gonna lie. I’m looking at the sea, the light is perfect, but the portfolio? Pas ouf 😅
While crypto Twitter keeps arguing narratives, traditional assets quietly destroyed us.
Let’s look at the scoreboard, cold and honest:
🥈 Silver: +130%
🥇 Gold: +65%
🔧 Copper: +35%
📈 Nasdaq: +20%
📊 S&P 500: +16%
🏭 Russell 2000: +13%
And now… crypto:
🟠 $BTC: -6%
🔵 $ETH: -12%
🌪 Altcoins: -42%
Yeah. That’s not even a debate.
This is one of those years where being “early” doesn’t pay — being boring does. Hard assets, commodities, equities… they did their job. Crypto? It chopped, leaked, and punished impatience.
But here’s the thing most people miss:
Crypto doesn’t outperform every year. It compresses, it frustrates, it makes you question your sanity… then it explodes when nobody wants it anymore.
Right now feels like late-cycle pain mixed with narrative exhaustion. The kind of moment where tourists leave and builders stay. I’ve seen this movie before — more than once.
So yeah, this year belongs to gold bugs and stock enjoyers. Respect.
But I’m not selling my long-term conviction for a shiny metal rally.
Markets rotate. Stories change. Cycles don’t.
Stay calm, stay solvent 🌊
#Crypto #Bitcoin #Ethereum #Altcoins #Markets #Gold #Investing #CryptoFriture
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